Sources And Analogues of the Canterbury Tales

The second volume in the new edition of the sources and major analogues of all the Canterbury Tales prepared by members of the New Chaucer Society. Appearing for the first time in any such collection are discussions of the sources of The General Prologue and Chaucer's Retraction. Also featured is a new discussion of the sources of The Knight's Tale, with the original texts of the source passages from Boccaccio's Teseida. Included also are updated surveys of the sources and analogues of the tales of the Miller, Summoner, Merchant, Physician, Shipman, Prioress, Sir Thopas, Canon's Yeoman, Manciple, and the prologues and tales of the Man of Law and Wife of Bath. Most of the source texts are taken from modern editions or newly re-edited from original manuscripts closest to Chaucer's copies. Modern English translations are provided for all foreign language texts, as are modern glosses for Middle English texts.